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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

The Buring Room by Michael Connelly

It’s hard to believe one of crime fictions most popular detectives is
nearing retirement. Most 20 year veterans of the LAPD are ready to take
it easy, maybe ride a desk – Not Harry Bosch. The department just
assigned him a new partner, 28 year old Lucia Soto. She seems eager to
learn and while Bosch accepts the role of mentor his sixth sense keeps
nudging him…that something isn’t quite right. But Bosch has to put his
uneasiness aside when they are handed the politically charged murder
case of Orlando Merced. Shot, in a outdoor plaza nearly a decade
earlier, Merced finally succumbed to his injuries. Although the shooter
had never been identified, it was thought to be a gang bullet gone
“astray.” But when the coroner removes the crucial piece of evidence the
gang shooting or random violence theory is crushed.

While all eyes were supposed to be focused on the Merced case, Bosh
discovers Soto investigating an unsolved arson/murder case. As a child,
she survived the fire that claimed the lives of nine children and one
woman, in an unlicensed, dingy, basement daycare. Being a bit of a
softie, but more importantly being a seeker of justice, Bosh makes room
on his crowded plate for this case. But as the two begin to dig into
both cases, they become convinced that amidst an ever widening web of
guns, fire, murder and politics is a common thread. We follow the rookie
and the veteran as they pull the individual pieces together, providing a
measure of justice for the victims and a replacement for Harry.

The Burning Room isn’t a bad book, but it
certainly isn’t the action packed novel Connelly fans are accustomed
too. I kept hoping the next chapter would change the tone and feel of
the story, but sadly it seems Harry Bosch is tired, ready to take his
gold watch and close the detective chapter of his life story.

Happy Reading,
RJ

Narration by Titus Welliver :-)Titus Welliver’s vocal talents are shining bright in The Burning Room.
He brings each character to life by individualizing them with an array
of accents, pitch inflections, tempo and tone. With Bosch’s retirement
looming, there’s almost a somber tone throughout and Welliver does an
excellent job of making the reader “feel” it.

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